Can quantitative diffusion-weighted MR imaging differentiate benign and malignant cold thyroid nodules? Initial results in 25 patients

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 417-422

  Schueller Weidekamm, C ^a   Kaserer, K ^a   Schueller, G ^a   Scheuba, C ^a   Ringl, H ^a   Weber, M ^a   Czerny, C ^a   Herneth, A M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PARENCHYMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 60049089617     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1338     Document Type: Article

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